Brown, Matthew, Private, 45717, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light InfantryPreviously served with 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light InfantryBorn Burgh Wallis, YorksEnlisted ChesterfieldDied accidentally 16th July 1918, aged 35Son of Mrs Maria Burley (nee Brown); husband of Mrs Clare Ellen Brown (nee Cole), of Chesterfield, DerbyshireBuried in Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, France, Grave Reference: 4 B 49 Originally buried in Premontre Asylum Military Cemetery, Grave 59, Map Reference: 70D.O.11.d.8.9.Reburied on 13th March 1923Identified by the cross on the grave, pieces of khaki and General Service buttonsHis upper and lower dentures were forwarded to Base
1911 Census
An assistant grocer
Stepson of John Burley, a coal miner holer, and son of Maria Burley, of 27, Canal Wharf, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Originally buried in Premontre Asylum Military Cemetery, Grave 59, Map Reference: 70D.O.11.d.8.9.Reburied on 13th March 1923Identified by the cross on the grave, pieces of khaki and General Service buttonsHis upper and lower dentures were forwarded to Base
1911 Census
An assistant grocer
Stepson of John Burley, a coal miner holer, and son of Maria Burley, of 27, Canal Wharf, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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